5K Training: Day 22

XT day:
30 minutes on stationary bike, level 5
2 x 15 reps dumbbell curls (10 lbs)
2 x 15 reps dumbbell rows (10 lbs)
2 x 15 reps tricep overhead extensions (10 lbs)
2 x 15 reps bench press (10 lbs)
2 x 20 reps of catwalk pins
2 x 15 reps kettleball swings (8 kg!)
2 x 25 reps crunches
50 reps of cross-body (oblique) crunches

I have a feeling my legs are going to HATE me tomorrow. But they're fat so they deserve to be in pain. SEPARATE THUNDER THIGHS! :) I also made a MyFitnessPal acct, because once again, I'm looking for a way to NOT have to pay for WeightWatchers every month. Bitch is poor! We'll see how it goes.

5K Training: Day 21

THREE WEEKS COMPLETE. Hot damn. I never thought I would be running more than a mile at a time. I remember when I first started running--it was a struggle for me to run for 5 minutes. And now I run for 20 minutes, probably feeling better than I did when I finished 5 huffing and puffing.

Today was the long run: 1.5 miles. Considering Wednesday when I ran for 20 minutes, I ran 1.48 miles, I figured it would take me about the same. I upped the speed just a little bit, to 4.5 mph, and finished 1.5 miles in almost 20 minutes exactly. Unfortunately, I was stuck inside on the treadmill again since its been raining for three days straight, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Plus, I got a few stray glances from a ginger. HEYO.

I need to figure out what I'm going to do when Arock & Drew are here on Tuesday morning: should I run the full 20 minutes or do sprints? Either way, I'm probably going to have to get up early to do them. Bleh.

5K Training: Day 19

Another XT or walk day. I decided to switch it up a bit by biking for 30 minutes instead of walking. I took it real easy though. Then I did the usual but I added 30 reps of bench pressing 10 lbs. I thought I did too much tricep work on Wednesday, so I took out the tricep extensions on the bench and replaced with bench pressing.

I'm also starting to get pissed off at my weight loss. I don't eat fast food hardly ever (maybe once a month), I work out at varying levels 6 days a week, and I stick to my daily point allowances almost every day...yet I haven't lost weight in months. I was okay with it at first, chalking it up to different reasons everytime; but now I've been following some people's weight loss blogs, and they are losing TONS of weight by simply not eating fast food and working out 3 times a week. HOW IS THAT FAIR!?

Eff.

5K Training: Day 18

Well, the weather didn't improve, so I was seriously dreading today's run. When I used to run inside during the Winter, I got bored after like five minutes, which meant that 20 was going to be a bitch. Luckily, there was something on the television that caught my interest (making legislature to keep people in the Peace Corps from getting raped and then blamed for it). Also, I noticed when you're not about to die from lack of breath, it's easier to keep yourself entertained while running inside. Just another plus of training.

Anyways, I ran for 20 minutes (4.4/4.3mph) on the treadmill, which told me it was ~1.48 miles. Oddly enough, my pedometer almost agrees: 1.47 miles. Either way, this is the longest I've run and I feel BALLER to have completed a mile and a half without feeling like death at the end. Even though I do run pretty flipping slow... I was doing the math in my head; when I run 3 miles, it's going to take me 40 minutes. UGH.

But that's a worry for a later date. :)

5K Training: Day 17

Today is a gross day. It went from being 80s and sunny, to 40s and rainy. Thank goodness today is one of the days where I go to the gym. Tomorrow isn't supposed to be much better, but hopefully it will clear up so I don't have to run on the treadmill...

Anyways, I walked one mile (~17 minutes and 15 seconds) at 3.5mph and 1 incline. Then I did lots of arms because I noticed I have old woman flab and I'm not okay with that. Tank top weather is soon approaching and I would like my arms NOT to jiggle when I move. I did 30 curls, 30 extensions, 30 rows, and 30 extensions in the row position (okay, so I don't know what they're called....). Then 30 kettleball swings, 50 crunches, and 50 cross-body crunches. There was a man next to me doing kettleball swings at the same time, only his kettleball could have crushed mine to pieces. Oh well.

5K Training: Day 16

Well I survived. It's amazing how much of a process running actually is. You have to build up the muscle in your legs so that you can run farther distances, but you also have to build up your lungs to allow you to BREATHE while you run farther. But it's not just a give and take between those two things; it's also a mental process of telling yourself that you CAN run that far. Seriously, it's a lot of work to push yourself while running.

Today I ran for 18 minutes and 2 seconds. I had been running a fairly consistent time of 6 minutes per loop, so as I approached the end of the third loop I realized I was not going to make it under 18 minutes. Therefore, I broke out in a dead sprint and just barely went over. It was close.

Pedometer says 1.28 miles. 3 loops times 0.44 miles = 1.32 miles. Either way, it's the farthest I've run continuously. Woot!

5K Training: Day 15

Ah, the start of Week 3.

Walked for 20 minutes (1 incline, 3.5 mph)
30 reps of tricep
30 reps of curls
50 crunches
50 cross-body crunches
30 reps of 4kg kettleball swings

My legs STILL hurt from the kettleball swings on Friday, so i figured I should just keep going at this point. Tomorrow marks the first time I try to run more than 15 minutes. WISH ME LUCK.